Catering Sales Manager

Catering Sales Manager- This position can be remote

We arelooking for a versatile and well-organized catering manager to oversee our B2Bcatering business. The Catering Sales Manager will coordinateand book direct catering activity, develop new accounts, maintain existingaccounts, and implement catering and marketing strategies to maximize profitswhile maintaining customer satisfaction.

To besuccessful as a catering manager, you should possess extensive experience in therestaurant industry, understand the catering clientele, be customer service orientedand deliver cost-effective services. Top-notch catering sales managers build goodrelationships with customers and exceed expectations.

Catering Sales Manager Responsibilities:

• Excellentcommunication and interpersonal skills
•  Strongorganizational and time management skills
•  Decision making skills
• Ability to manage in a diverse environment with a focus on client and customer services
• Good business acumen
• Strong leadership and motivating skills including the ability to build strong relationships with customers and staff
• The ability to think quickly, work in stressful circumstances and stay calm in a crisis
• Financial, budgeting and stock-taking skills
• Determine customer requirements and propose catering options
• Coordinate catering requirements with customers, operations, and suppliers
• Negotiating prices and preparing catering order forms
• Oversee Catering B2B national accounts
• Track catering orders, expenses, sales and measure catering performance
• Researching catering trends and promoting competitive catering services

Catering Sales Manager Requirements:

• 2-5 years of experience in operations, catering management, or similar
• Exceptional ability to deliver catering services within budget and on time
• Ability to grow catering sales year over year
• The ability to apply industry knowledge to improve catering services
• Accredited course in catering management, or similar would be advantageous
• Bachelor's degree in hospitality and culinary arts or business management would be advantageous